Accidental Surrogate

Chapter 313: Sister Support 

Ella

“Ella!” I hear my sister’s voice cry the same moment I hear the front door to the house open. I stand quickly from my seat in Sinclair’s office, Rafe awake and peaceful in my arms, and move to the open doorway.

“Cora!” I call. I see her spin away from the living room where she was looking for me and jog down the hall towards me, Roger closing the house’s main door behind him as he enters as well. Cora takes my shoulders in her hands as soon as she gets close.

–

“Are you

– are you all right?” she gasps, looking me over, and then looking down towards the baby. I can see a little relief come into her face the moment she sees us both before her, intact and safe.

“We’re okay,” I say, giving her a little smile. “For right now, we’re okay. Thank you for coming so late at night.”

My sister snaps her eyes up at me, frowning a little.

“What?” I ask.

“I just…” she says, confused, glancing back at Roger, “I didn’t expect you to be so calm.”

“Well, it happened like, eleven hours ago,” I say, raising my eyebrows at her. “We’ve had some time to process and plan

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towards us. “The way this one was pounding on my door, flying around like

a bat into hell,” he mutters, his frustrated expression matching Cora’s. “It wasn’t exactly peaceful heading into your apartment, which smelled like wonton soup and –”

but I reach out and give him a little shove and turn

the investigators.

Cora continues when he’s gone, “why didn’t you text me earlier if this happened hours ago? There wasn’t anything on my phone when I woke up from my nap at 9 – and then all of a sudden

and looping my arm with Cora’s at the elbow, pulling

know what I’m about to say is going to piss her off. “Sinclair brought in his team of investigators – the ones who were working on the question of

and they wanted to…clear you. Before I was allowed to text

Cora asks,

say, my mouth pulling into a grimace. “As a…suspect.”

the house. Rafe flinches and starts to cry, still

him in my arms. “Obviously Sinclair and I don’t suspect you! But his team needs to be thorough, and you were the

I was a suspect! After everything!” Cora says, her voice softer now, but no

and wishing to mollify her because, honestly, it was more like six hours. “And obviously you were cleared! So!” I shrug and look at her pleadingly,

she pulls her hands down her face, tucking them beneath her chin in two fists, a gesture I remember from our

Cora says, her voice as pleading as

my eyes wide with apology. “You know that I know you

my investigators – they were just following process and

that she understands. “Okay,” she says, nodding. “I get it. But, what

“You have more knowledge of it than the rest of us – you were there. We’d like to see if you remember anything from that afternoon that could help.”

you everything. But don’t your investigators have the notes?” Cora asks, confused, “from

wide, too–eager smile. “Well…” I say, my voice wheedling as I passes the baby to Sinclair and take both of Cora’s hands. The baby

face drops along with her jaw. “Are you serious? Ether?” she asks, awed. “Do you –

do

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